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I've played two muds in the five or so years I've been mudding. The first was Underlight, an rpi graphical mud (or maybe not a mud, mmorp or something or other.) I loved the rp, and it kept me interested for about a year. Eventually I found it somewhat static. Now, let me say that I thought the artwork on the game was beautiful. People have played and enjoyed the game for years. They have a very loyal playerbase, and I wouldn't try to steer anyone away from them.
Since, I've begun playing Armageddon. And I think beyond the strict rpi enforcement (and it is enforced by both imms and players) on of the reasons it succeeds so well, is the risk. The fact that there are consequences. And consequences is what makes the rp intensive.
Now, while looking around at other games to play on the mud's down times, I find that almost no other rp muds have permadeath. What I wonder is, why?
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